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GL5 3BY

Stroud Central · Stroud · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Stroud Central
Local authority
Stroud
Constituency
Stroud
Postcode district
GL5
Postcode sector
GL5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL5 1QD 61 m
GL5 3BN 70 m
GL5 3BA 81 m
GL5 3BB 87 m
GL5 3JB 96 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL5 3BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2015
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL5
Postcode sector
GL5 3
Latitude
51.744892
Longitude
-2.221002
British National Grid easting
384,838
British National Grid northing
205,155

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Stroud · E07000082
Electoral ward
Stroud Central · E05010986
Parish or community
E04013012
Westminster constituency
Stroud · E14001529
Output area
E00186331
Lower layer super output area
Stroud 006G · E01034804
Middle layer super output area
Stroud 006 · E02004656

Postcode source versions

Explore GL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
22
Secondary
5

  1. The Rosary Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    157 m

  2. St Rose's Special School

    Non-maintained special school

    287 m

  3. St Martins Centre (St Roses School)

    Special post 16 institution

    297 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,315
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 404
  • Anti social behaviour 230
  • Shoplifting 198
  • Public order 89
  • Other theft 77

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
GL5 3 residents
4,574

Age bands in GL5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

611 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

409 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

984 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

1,244 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

870 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • ROWCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROWCROFT RETREAT, STROUD, GL5 3BE

    ODS code L84007

    135 m

  • FIVE VALLEYS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1A KING STREET, STROUD, GL5 3BS

    ODS code L84077

    196 m

  • BEECHES GREEN SURGERY

    STROUD HEALTH CENTRE, BEECHES GREEN, STROUD, GL5 4BH

    ODS code L84039

    273 m

  • STONEHOUSE HEALTH CLINIC

    25 HIGH STREET, STONEHOUSE, GL10 2NG

    ODS code L84613

    4.3 km

  • THE WILLOW TREE PRACTICE

    31 HIGH STREET, STONEHOUSE, GL10 2NG

    ODS code L84080

    4.3 km

  • FRITHWOOD SURGERY

    45 TANGLEWOOD WAY, CHALFORD, BUSSAGE, STROUD, GL6 8DE

    ODS code L84016

    4.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Ecotricity

    BCT · Stroud

    0.1 miles

  • Stroud (Glos) Rail Station

    RLY · Stroud

    0.1 miles

  • Stroud (Glos) Rail Station

    RSE · Stroud

    0.1 miles

  • Lloyd's Bank

    BCT · Stroud

    0.1 miles

  • Russell Street

    BCT · Stroud

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stroud 006G, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,121 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. The Rosary Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 157 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,315 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 404 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.